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New York Times Opinion YouTube channel stats and outlier videos

New York Times Opinion brings you video commentary from diverse voices on the most urgent issues of our time, as well as Op-Docs, our Oscar-winning short documentary film series. Our work has sparked global conversations, influenced national policies and garnered an array of industry distinctions.

Subscribers211K
Total views351M
Videos820
Average views per video (est.)139K
CountryUS
LanguageEN (est.)
Created2025-08-19

Niches: Documentary.

Best outlier videos

Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.

VideoOutlierViewsPublished
How Trump is Profiting from the Presidency382×2.3M2026-01-30
Of Course Trump Would Use This Word35×213K2026-01-23
Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer22×1.3M2026-02-16
My Dad Died by Suicide. He Left Me With 694 Video Diaries to Explain Why | NYT Opinion22×1.6M2026-09-17
Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager21×1.3M2026-01-16
ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters.19×551K2026-01-31
Extreme Heat Is the New Normal | Op-Docs10×750K2026-08-28
Your SpaceX Odds Are Not in Your Favor10×61K2026-06-12
Don’t Miss This: Tulsi Gabbard Edition9.5×58K2026-02-06
$100 Chicken Nuggets and $300 Tickets: The U.S. Open Has a Problem7.6×410K2026-09-10

Latest uploads

VideoOutlierViewsPublished
Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? This Is for You.1.1×74K2026-10-28
Is That Campaign Ad Real?0.2×17K2026-10-27
In Cuba, Where So Many Have Left, They Have Stayed1×6K2026-10-26
Tom Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang | NYT Opinion3.8×205K2026-10-25
Why Did Texas Middle Schoolers Put on a Play About a Ruthless Dictator?2.2×14K2026-10-23
Trump’s Pursuit of Ilhan Omar Is an Abuse of Power1.3×7.8K2026-10-23
Meet the Middle School Kids Trying to Make Sense of Tyranny | Op-Docs0.5×49K2026-10-23
Why You Should Care About Iowa’s Race for Governor6×323K2026-10-20
Why the Rio Grande Valley is Rethinking the Midterms1.1×77K2026-10-16
What America Risks Forgetting About Civil Rights0.4×2.7K2026-10-15

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Repeatable pattern

A number in the title. 8 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 3.7× the channel's usual views. Example: "My Dad Died by Suicide. He Left Me With 694 Video Diaries to Explain Why | NYT Opinion".

Content map

What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.

FormatUploadsMedian viewsMedian outlier
Shorts578.6K1.4×
Under 20 minutes3374K1.1×
20 to 60 minutes1073K1×

Levers to test

  • Titles of this kind ran at 3.7× the channel's usual views across 8 uploads, against 1.3× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
  • The channel posted about 13.9 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.

These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.

Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does New York Times Opinion have?

New York Times Opinion has about 211K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.

How often does New York Times Opinion upload?

About 13.9 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.

What is the best recent video from New York Times Opinion?

"How Trump is Profiting from the Presidency" reached 382× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.

Can I see the age, gender or income of the New York Times Opinion audience?

No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.

Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open New York Times Opinion on YouTube.